Value Walk
People have a bad impression of finance, and that’s mostly worrying because its often justified, says Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai.
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Bloomberg View
A new book on economic ideas in literature reminds us that they've always been some of humanity's best ones.
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Business Insider
As I researched my book, "The Wisdom of Finance," I was surprised to uncover a close correspondence between the central ideas of finance and the questions that preoccupy many humanists.
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Business Insider
Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai, author of "Wisdom of Finance" uses several arts and literature examples to get his point to the readers.
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Business Insider
Mihir Desai, a professor of Harvard Business School and the author of "Wisdom of Finance" explains why having shareholders who are separate from the managers hold great danger for finance today.
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Salon
Harvard’s Mihir Desai says everyone loses from the disconnect between Wall Street and the humanities
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Council on Foreign Relations
Finance can be intimidating. So Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai set out to humanize it. He draws upon literature, films, and history both to explain finance and to highlight its nobility.
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Big Think
Desai's book The Wisdom of Finance is a wholly unique study of finance through the lens of the humanities, offering a refreshing new perspective on one of the world’s most complex and misunderstood professions.
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Harvard Magazine
Mizuho Financial Group professor of finance Mihir A. Desai, an expert on taxation, aims to “humanize finance” through literature, history, and more. His new book, The Wisdom of Finance (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), is an effort to rescue the field from excessive focus on self-enrichment; along the way, Desai also applies financial tools to the humanities.
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CTV Your Morning
Hedge funds and stocks and bonds, oh my! Do you ever shiver, cringe, or even get angry at the thought of finance? Well, according to Harvard business professor Mihir Desai, you’re not alone.
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Mihir Desai's academic publications have appeared in leading economics, finance, and law journals. His work has emphasized the appropriate design of tax policy in a globalized setting, the links between corporate governance and taxation, and the internal capital markets of multinational firms. His research has been cited in The Economist, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, and several other publications.